Ep. 248: Racism and Policing (Al-Saji, Merleau-Ponty, et al) (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Ep. 248: Racism and Policing (Al-Saji, Merleau-Ponty, et al) (Part One)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 00:52:22
• Published: 2020-07-20 19:47

On Alia Al-Saji’s “A Phenomenology of Hesitation” (2014), bits of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception (1945), and Linda Martín Alcoff’s Visible Identities (2006), plus Alex Vitale's The End of Policing (2017).

Is there sub-conscious racism, and how might we root it out and fix our policing problems? Ex-cop Phil Hopkins joins to look at how phenomenology can help.

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